Saint Agnes School - Computer Laboratory

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Computer Laboratory

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Kindergarten
First Grade
Second & Third Grades
Fourth, Fifth & Sixth Grades
Junior High

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Preschool
Kindergarten - KA
Kindergarten - KB
First Grade - 1A
First Grade - 1B
Second Grade - 2A
Second Grade - 2B
Third Grade - 3A
Third Grade - 3B
Fourth Grade - 4A
Fourth Grade - 4B
Fifth Grade - 5A
Fifth Grade - 5B
Sixth Grade - 6A
Sixth Grade - 6B
Junior High - 7A
Junior High - 7B
Junior High - 8A
Junior High - 8B

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Saint Agnes School
Saint Agnes Parish

Saint Agnes Parish
Internet Privacy Policy

Internet Filtering:
Children's Internet Protection Act,
October 28, 2001

...requires all schools to certify that they are either in compliance with internet filtering requirements of the law, or are in the process of becoming compliant by evaluating blocking software. This must be done by October 28, 2001. Failure to comply places the school at risk of losing Federal educational technology money.

Presently, St. Agnes School uses the Internet filtering services through Illinois Century Network with a program called "SmartFilter DA". A copy of the filtering categories can be requested through the school office.

Computer Laboratory
Teacher - Ms. Howell
Classroom Aide - Ms. Friedel

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I - Safe

I-SAFE America Inc. is the worldwide leader in the Internet safety education. Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the United States Congress, I-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. I-SAFE incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place. Please join us today in the fight to safeguard our children’s online experience.

Internet Safety classes using the I-SAFE Program are being taught to all children in grades 1-8. The lessons are all age appropriate and cover a wide range of Internet safety issues. some of these issues are:

1. Safe use of website and communication on the Internet
2. Recognizing and avoiding predators.
3. Risks of divulging personal information on the Internet
4. Reporting online cyber-bullying
5. Copyright issues of written materials, music, photos and videos.

Web Sites to Help with Homework & Internet Usage:

http://www.grokker.com
www.homeworkspot.com
www.technology.com
www.isafe.org (I Safe America)
www.funschool.com

School Computer Curriculum

Saint Agnes School has a LANS network within the school building. It is Ethernet based and it runs into every room in the school. Each classroom has the potential of four networkable computers, the computer lab has the potential for 35 networkable computers; and all other rooms in the school have two networkable outlets. At present, each classroom has 1-16 networked Macintosh computers that are Internet accessible while using a hub. Several classrooms also have 1-3 PC computers. The computer lab has just been updated to Dell PC computers that are Ethernet networked and Internet accessible. The various extracurricular teachers each have their own Macintosh computers with Internet, and the office staff each have their own Dell PC. In addition, the Library houses 4Dell PC computers that are networked for the Scholastic Reading Counts program.

In addition to the above computers, the school has a roaming cart that houses 31 Dell laptop computers that can be used by any classroom within the school. These laptops are wireless anywhere in the building. The laptops have Internet capability as well as a writing program for the younger grades and another for the older grades. The laptops also have the entire Microsoft Suite on them and a Spanish program.

Our network is managed by a router, new switches, new hubs and a fiber optics line that extends throughout the building. Our Internet Service Provider is the Diocese of Springfield at the Diocesan Office on West Washington Street. Because of the close proximity, our fiber optics connection allows us to share a WAN (Wide Area Network) with Sacred Heart-Griffin and the Diocesan office.

The school has a web site which can be found at stagnes.dio.org and e-mail contacts may be made to individual classes or staff as listed on each web page.

The Scholastic Reading Counts program is networked to every computer in the school as part of our library program and book reporting by the students.

As a general explanation, the following gives a rough outline of what is covered at each grade level:

Kindergarten